Talcott Parsons has been one of the most influential American
sociologists of the postwar period, but he has also been widely
criticized for, among other things, the alleged conservatism of his
structural functionalist theory. Bryan Turner's selections from
Parsons' work provide a comprehensive overview of his principal
contributions and are grouped under the following subdivisions:
religion and modern society; life, sex, and death; sociological
theory; and American society and the world order.
Turner's introduction defends Parsons as a modernist and the
selections reveal that Parsons' sociology was neither abstract nor
conservative, but rather addressed a range of major issues in the
sociology of modern society. This" Reader" places special emphasis
on medical sociology, his contribution to the study of politics and
international relations, his concern for the human condition, his
focus on culture, and finally his defense of general theory. The
collection is supplemented by a complete Parsons bibliography and a
selected list of critical works on his sociology.
The book clearly presents the core features of Parsons'
sociology and demonstrates his continuing relevance to critical
issues today, including globalization, the place of American
civilization in the world order, and the importance of sociological
theory as an analysis of modern culture.
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